Rizena, an immortal twin, is instructed to collect children Allites, humans with special abilities. This simple task to acquire Allites however is fraught with difficulties, mainly in the form of... More > another religious cult based on Earth. Her ultimate desires are changed forever when the undead is introduced into all the safe worlds
available. Rizena seeks a place to retreat to with her new
responsibilities; the Allites of Earth.< Less

The Court in English Alliterative Poetry, 1350-1450 explores certain links between literature and society in the portrayal of courtly society in a group of alliterative texts: Sir Gawain and the... More > Green Knight, Awntyrs off Arthure at the Terne Wathelyn, Morte Arthure, Wars of Alexander and the Gest Historiale of the Destruction of Troy. The book examines the social function of the texts and how they affect their audience.< Less

My thesis aims to explore certain links between literature and society in the portrayal of courtly society in a group of alliterative texts: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Awntyrs off Arthure at... More > the Terne Wathelyn, Morte Arthure, Wars of Alexander and the Gest Historiale of the Destruction of Troy. The thesis will look at the social function of the texts and how they affect their audience. I will suggest that the particular style and content of the poems encourages aspiration to a material courtly culture and that they also give moral instruction on how to live nobly. I will suggest that the audience for these poems consists of provincial gentry and lower nobility, not overly familiar with the ways of the royal court, and so in need of instruction into the ways of courtly culture. Therefore these poems have been written in a way which is specially adapted to the social needs of their audience.< Less

Brayden the bumble bee blows bubbles in his bedroom. Sidney the sea horse sings songs about stars..... These are just two of the characters you will read about in ABCrazy!
An alliterative alphabet... More > book that will have you laughing at funny animals and the silly things they do. ABCrazy! makes learning to read more fun than watching a penguin eating purple popsicles.< Less

From the amazing accomplishments of Andrew Anteater's acrobatic armadillos to the zoo-bound zigzagging of Zachary Zebra, children and adults will enjoy this humorous alliterative alphabet book,... More > written by Jacki Fromer and imaginatively illustrated by her nine-year old grandson, Isaiah Usher.< Less

From the amazing accomplishments of Andrew Anteater's acrobatic armadillos to the zoo-bound zigzagging of Zachary Zebra, children and adults will enjoy this humorous alliterative alphabet book,... More > written by Jacki Fromer and imaginatively illustrated by her nine-year old grandson, Isaiah Usher.< Less

This edition of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is translated into modern English by Jessie L. Weston and includes annotations on the text as well as an essay on Alliterative Style by Mark Lord.... More >
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is one of the greatest poems written in Middle English, comparable with Chaucer, but from a different tradition and written in a different verse style and dialect of Middle English. This narrative poem concerns the bravest of Arthur's knights, Sir Gawain, who is challenged by the mysterious Green Knight.< Less

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